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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
2
Union Township supervisors approved 2000 to equip a tanker truck with hose boots air packs and related items. Additional radio generator and smoke ejector raise cost to about 1300 to meet national safety standards.
The United Electrical Workers outlined 1969 contract demands for General Electric and Westinghouse Electric. A cost-of-living clause would restore full loss coverage and use uniform cents-per-hour raises. The union seeks equalizing raises for skilled trades, higher layoff benefits, and ending gender pay disparities.
Judge Ralph H. Smith Jr. filed a $100,000 federal suit against Joseph Horne Co. claiming he was wrongly accused of shoplifting at the Northway Mall store. He says a woman detained him over a $15.75 perfume, police were called, and he was billed for the item.
Mayor Carl A. Cialella Jr. said he waits for a response to the latest wage proposal. The city council agreed on a $600 raise for police and firemen and a 20 cent increase. Attorney Alfred V. Papa, counsel for the employees, will seek a meeting today to decide acceptance.
President-elect Richard M. Nixon announces Dr. Lee A. Dubridge, president of the California Institute of Technology related entity, will serve as chief science adviser. Dubridge plans to take a leave from Caltech to help map Nixon administration science programs after several meetings since the election.
Philadelphia case seeks damages for Alma Krekus and her 17 month old son Ronald Jr. after a Northwest Orient Airlines jet fueling mishap at Philadelphia International Airport. The suit names six defendants for negligence and alleges a fuel truck backed into the ramp causing the doorway to detach and the fall to the runway.
Mrs Emma Smith 79 and her son Howard 59 of Millvale were found dead Monday in their Pittsburgh area home by a milkman who entered to place milk in the refrigerator as a favor. The coroner said they apparently died from gas fumes from a stove and small heater.
Twelve demonstration teams from Lawrence Butler Mercer and Venango Counties compete at Butler Senior High School tomorrow with tasks ranging from wardrobe in action to how to be an interior decorator. Mrs Zela W Fox supervises Butler Venango counties with Anna Weaver assisting local arrangements. Judges include Mrs Margaret Haines Mattie Jupenlaz and Jane Foy as home economics supervisors and extension officials. The event is hosted by West Penn Power Co as part of a three electric company sponsored regional competition. Visitors may attend any demonstration sessions.
South Vietnam's Nguyen Thieu Nhon arrives in Paris as the first Saigon official to attend talks with the United States North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Ambassador Phan Dang Lang and other aides are due to join, with Ky supervising but not joining sessions. Meanwhile in Palm Springs Nixon aides prepare for a post election governors conference.
Daniel Walker head of a federal task force says the blue curtain must not shield Chicago police who beat and riot during the August Democratic National Convention. He urged prompt severe discipline, noting 60 newsmen were attacked and police actions went beyond provocation.
Dr S N Hayakawa the embattled San Francisco State College president reopened the campus promising police if needed. He suspended five student leaders warned a professor on tenure and said police arrested four people with warrants for eight others. He also promised new disciplinary action against Black Panther George Murray after a gun rights push on campus.
A 46 year old woman remained in satisfactory condition at St Francis Hospital after being struck by a turning car at S Mill and E Sutton streets. Pedestrian Mary Capasso suffered facial injuries and knee scrapes. Driver Lawrence Staples was cited as he failed to yield. Other incidents include Athena Giacomakis with facial cuts after her car hit a truck on Cascade Street and two more collisions with minor injuries and property damage.
A purse containing $190 was taken from Nancy Myers at 50 S. Lee Ave. The theft occurred at 10:45 p.m. yesterday when a thief entered the kitchen while Myers and her mother were in the living room. The purse was recovered minus the money.
Rep Clark reports thirteen thousand five hundred thirty seven dollars in campaign expenses with six thousand five hundred thirty five dollars in contributions. Gardner, unsuccessful Republican candidate for state Senate, shows six thousand seven hundred eighty eight dollars in expenses with two thousand one hundred forty six dollars not listed earlier and lists donors and county committee payments. Fox spent eight hundred fifty dollars in his re election bid for the 10th district with two hundred sixty dollars to Lawrence County Republican Committee and a small reported contribution of one hundred twenty five dollars.
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